下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。

　　1． We should not complain about taxes.

　　A) feel unhappy

　　B) say bad things

　　C) care

　　D) praise

　　2. What were the effects of the decision she made?

　　A) reasons

　　B) results

　　C) causes

　　D) bases

　　3.People don’t realize how serious this recession has actually been.

　　A) know

　　B) think

　　C) doubt

　　D) remember

　　4.First editions of certain popular books cannot be obtained for love or money.

　　A) at any place

　　B) at any price

　　C) in any language

　　D) in any country

　　5. About a quarter of the workers in the United States are employed in factories.

　　A) third

　　B) fourth

　　C) tenth

　　D) fifteenth

　　6. In a bullfight, it is movement, not the color, of subjects that arouses the bull.

　　A) confuses

　　B) excites

　　C) scares

　　D) diverts

　　7.Passenger ships and planes are often equipped with ship-to-shore or air-to-land radio telephones.

　　A) highways

　　B) railroads

　　C) sailboats

　　D) aircraft

　　8. The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake .

　　A) in danger

　　B) in despair

　　C) out of condition

　　D) out of danger

　　9.Mary called me up very late last night.

　　A) shouted at me

　　B) visited me

　　C) telephoned me

　　D) waked me

　　10. Mary gets up at the same time every morning.

　　A) arises

　　B) raises

　　C) arrives

　　D) stands up

　　11. Helen will leave immediately.

　　A) far away

　　B) right away

　　C) right here

　　D) soon

　　12.Susan is looking for the dictionary, which she lost yesterday.

　　A) finding

　　B) looking up

　　C) looking at

　　D) trying to find

　　13.John talked over the new job offer with his wife.

　　A) discussed

　　B) mentioned

　　C) accepted

　　D) rejected

　　14. While I sympathize, I can’t really do very much to help.

　　A) when

　　B) but

　　C) although

　　D) where

　　15.A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.

　　A) waited on

　　B) talked to

　　C) spoke to

　　D) stayed with

　　答案：ABABB BDACA BDACA